Cookie Policy

This policy explains the cookies and similar technologies used by DadWell: on our website at dadwell.app, including guide pages opened from a shared link, in the DadWell app, and in the emails we send. It should be read with our Privacy Policy at dadwell.app/privacy.

1. What cookies and similar technologies are

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves in your browser so it can remember something, such as the fact that you are signed in. Apps do not use cookies in the same way, but they can store information on your phone for similar reasons, and they can include tools from other companies that do the same. The law treats all of these alike.

Under the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003, we may store or read information on your device without asking if it is strictly necessary to provide something you have asked for. For anything else, such as analytics or advertising, we must ask for your consent first and make it as easy to refuse as to accept.

2. The short version

  • We do not use advertising cookies or advertising identifiers anywhere.

  • We do not use analytics or tracking tools on our website, in the app or in our emails.

  • Everything DadWell stores on your device is there so that the app or website works. Because it is strictly necessary, we do not ask for consent to it, but we explain it all below.

  • If we ever want to use anything that is not strictly necessary, we will ask you first and update this policy.

3. Our website

Our website does not use analytics, advertising or social media cookies. The only cookies it may set are those needed to deliver the page you asked for securely, such as a security or load-balancing cookie set by our hosting provider. These last no longer than your visit, or at most a few days, and they do not identify you or follow you to other websites.

When you open a DadWell guide from a link someone has shared with you, the page shows a preview of the guide. It does not set any cookies of its own. If you have the app installed, your phone may open the guide in the app instead.

4. The DadWell app

The app does not use cookies. It does store the following information on your phone. None of it is used for advertising or to track you across other apps or websites.

  • Your sign-in details (an access token and a refresh token). Why: To keep you signed in securely. Stored in your phone’s secure storage, the Keychain on iPhone or the Keystore on Android. How long: Until you sign out, delete your account or remove the app.

  • A copy of your profile and recent content, such as your weekly guides, community posts and settings. Why: So the app opens quickly and works when you have a poor connection. How long: Until you sign out or remove the app. Refreshed as you use the app.

  • Your setup answers before your account is created. Why: So you do not lose your answers if the app closes during setup. How long: Until your account is created, or you sign out or remove the app.

  • Check-ins you have chosen to keep on your phone only. Why: Because you asked us not to save them to your account. How long: Until you delete them, sign out or remove the app.

  • Guide images. Why: So images do not have to be downloaded every time. How long: Cleared automatically by your phone when space is needed, or when you remove the app.

  • A Firebase installation identifier. Why: Created by Google’s Firebase tools so that we can deliver notifications and small updates to in-app text, such as the What’s new message. How long: Until you remove the app.

  • A notification token. Why: Issued by Apple or Google, only if you allow notifications, so that we can send the notifications you have switched on. How long: Until you sign out, turn notifications off or remove the app.

  • A subscription identifier and purchase status from RevenueCat. Why: So the app knows whether you have Plus and can restore a purchase. How long: Until you sign out or remove the app.

All of this is strictly necessary to provide the app you have asked for, so the law does not require us to ask for consent to it.

Connections the app makes

To check whether your phone is online, the app may briefly contact public services run by Cloudflare, Google and Apple. It may also download fonts from Google. These requests do not store anything on your phone and carry no account information, but, like any connection, they reveal your device’s IP address to those companies.

5. Our emails

Our emails do not contain tracking pixels, and we do not track whether you open them or click their links. The DadWell logo and images are included in the email itself. When you open one of our emails, your email app may download a font from Google, which reveals your IP address to Google.

6. How to control this

  • On our website, you can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may stop parts of the site from working.

  • In the app, signing out removes your sign-in details and the copies of your content from your phone. Removing the app deletes everything it has stored.

  • Notifications can be switched off in Settings in the app, or in your phone’s settings.

7. Changes to this policy

We will update this policy if the technologies we use change. The date at the top shows when it last changed. If we ever want to use anything that needs your consent, we will ask you first.

8. Contact us

If you have a question about this policy, email support@dadwell.app with “Privacy” in the subject line.